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In ♥ & Soul , Beauty Tuesday , Community , Health , Home Sweet Home , Public Interest , Relationships , Travel , Weekly Wonders , Yours Truly on 09/01/2015 at 10:00
Welcome, S eptember! With s chool in full s wing , I still have ☼s ummer☼ s eason on the brain!
☼S unkissed S ummer ☼
1. What is your go-to product for a sunkissed summer glow?
natural ☼s unshine : *FREE* Vitamin D !
2. What book would you recommend for a summer read?
Dulce Candy Ruiz ‘s The Sweet Life to inspire anyone & Dr. Karen Kelsky ‘s The Professor Is In for fellow grad students
both of which hit bookshelves exactly 4 weeks ago!
3. What’s your signature summer scent this year?
Victoria’s Secret Bombshell Summer Edition (since 2012) ~ I also store Sephora samples in my handbags
4. The sun is shining and it’s time to get outside! What’s your favorite thing to do?
simply bask in the ☼sunshine☼ through ALL of my s enses ~ including the s mell of fresh air
5. You’re on the boardwalk and starving! What’s your go-to summer beach food?
banana ice cream , paletas (popcycles) or raspas (snow cones) ~ anything frozen treat to beat the heat!
6. What’s your dream summery date?
watch a blockbuster & ☼sun☼ fun run or walk on the beach + chow down
7. After a day in the summer heat, what do you do to cool off?
chillax with my shows + consume cucumber ~ on my eyes & in H2O #DISPObustAFlow
8. How do you wear your hair in the summer?
braids for days
9. What’s your must-have nail polish for summer 2015?
this Tiffany Blue hue
Fitting name for this shade
as Audrey Hepburn tribute
10. What shows do you recommend for summer?
my share of sizzling series : network nighttime dramas + home/real estate reality TV
11. Do you wear liquid foundation, BB cream, or tinted moisturizer in the summer?
occasional base but more powder to offset sweat
12. Sunglasses or Hats?
Exhibit shown below
I always must sport ~O-O~specs~O-O~ anyway ~ I usually rock my Coach transitional lenses nowadays + still have my Fendi & Gucci frames*
13. What is your summer jam this year?
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♫Locked Away ♪ ( not that I’m doing anything to get locked up ~ I really dig the ♫beat♪ & ♫Adam Levine ‘s ♪singing)
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♪Bad Blood ♫ (so cliche, but I ♥heart♥ the graceful ♫Taylor Swift ♪ ~ not to mention that you can’t take the ♪hip hop♫ out of this chick)
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14. Do you have a summer bucket list?
mainly to finish my doc docs (paper & PowerPoint to prep to present for dissertation defense ) ~ since I’m not completely caught up, my Plan B is to have them done by Labor Day now that Fall is upon us and the BiG Day draws near + added bonus: relatives reunion , check √
15. Bikini, tankini, or one piece? Show us your fave bathing suit this year!
I’ve already built up quite a two-piece collection through the years but wouldn’t mind adding a mono kini to the mix ~ my fave of the moment: my VS chevron top & ombré bottom (see No. 5 “paleta” link for sippie selfie in said swimsuit)
16. What’s your favorite sweat proof product?
Banana Boat Baby Faces ☼ sunblock
17. If you could create your own ice cream flavor, what would it be?
Champ Hoop Scoop ~ to score an ice cream dreamy combo of my faves:
S also is for …
Filled up in August & as we approach September
$ Therefore, S also is for : S avings $
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Foodie Friday , Health , Home Sweet Home , Public Interest , Relationships , Weekly Wonders , Yours Truly on 07/03/2015 at 12:00
♪This sh** is bananas ~ B-A-N-A-N-A-S !♫
~ Gwen Stefani ‘s ♫Hollaback♪ (2005)
Throwback from my first Myspace song …
… Which is the inspiration behind my most frequent ☼summer ☼ dessert lately:
Banana Ice Cream !!!
Here are a few different from-fresh-to-frozen banana batches from this past week:
More music inspiration from Jack Johnson …
Happy *4th of July* mañana!!!
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Fitness Friday , Foodie Friday , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Sports , Technology , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 02/06/2015 at 16:30
After this Super Bowl Week’s YOLOs and spirits , it’s time to prep for ♥V-Day♥ …
Therefore, today, this DISPO has gone Beast Mode for ♥ V-Mode ♥ on this ♥Sweetheart♥ Ball Eve!
As tomorrow’s dinner approaches, I’ve been working out to my fave fitness gurus in their special dance dress moves :
Total Bod
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{More from Cassey Ho below}
Target Areas
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R&R
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What about *Dallas Cowboys’ WR Dez Bryant’s * hard core abs ?
My reward after these routines: my homemade ice cream !
I’m going berry bananas over my homemade Cookie Butter ice cream!
C & B are for … C ape C od c ranberries + b lueberries & C runchy C ookie B utter w/ B -A-N-A-N-A-S {chant from No Doubt ‘s ♫Hollaback ♪}
Cranberries for Urinary Tract (YES, after drinking tons of water, it helps!)
Super Spoonful coming right up !
Crunchy Cookie Butter for Taste & Texture
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 02/26/2014 at 21:33
Happy Hump Day the Healthy Pretty Fit Way !
Today, I’ll feature food, as a perk to my freelance writing.
When I visited AM Donuts , I was pleased to photograph around the storefront and bakery, as well as to try the main menu items that I intended:
AM Donuts ‘ Bubble Tea & Maple Bacon Bar
The added bonus was that the owner packed his personal favorites for me to take home!
AM Donuts & Croissants Care Package, including *exclusive* Cherry Chocolate Fritter & Red Velvet Cake Donut
Then, when I covered the Claudie C. Royals Banquet on Claudie C. Royals Day , I chowed down even more!
Claudie C. Royals Banquet Desserts : Special Strawberry Shortcake Banana Nut Pudding, Lemon & Chocolate Nut Cupcakes, Chocolate Sugar-Dusted Brownies
Today, I wrote about how I ate healthy a week ago then rewarded myself the next day in What I Ate Wednesday and Thursday .
Moral of this story:
A good day can lead into another one !
And because I love y’all so much, here’s how I packed my sweets for the sweet from the sweet on VDay ♥
Now that I’ve gone bananas with good grub and am armed with study food , I’ll get back to working on my dissertation …
3:33 ~ make a wish!!!